Prince @ the Forum: Nuit Sept

[SET LIST — PRINCE @ the Forum | April 30, 2011]

No Opening Act tonight

Show begins at 9:06pm

• DMSR
• Pop Life
• Renatto Jazz Break
• Musicology
• So Far/So Pleased (with special guest, GWEN STEFANI!!!) --- Never in my life thought I'd hear this song with them together!!! Was kind of hoping they'd pull out WAITING ROOM as well.
• Question of U intro into/The One/Cockeyed Woman
• I Feel 4 U with Elisa, Shelby & Liv singing the chorus from "If I Could Get Ur Attention" (song Prince wrote for Taja Sevelle) -- this one had me racking my brain...I couldn't place the song at first. He reached WAAAAAAY back for that one!!! (Also given to Mayte Garcia and recorded for her album, Child of the Sun, but never made it onto the final track list.)
• Controversy
• Love Rollercoaster/(Housequake chant)
• Glamorous Life
• Nothing Compares 2U
• Medley: Take Me With U/Raspberry Beret/Cream
• COOL (girls singing chorus from Don't Stop Till U Get Enough - homage to MJ)
• Let's Work
• U Got The Look

Encore 1 :::

• Whole Lotta Love (by Led Zeppelin with special guest NIKKA COSTA!!!!) OMG!!! --- It was a bit weird seeing Nikka on such a large stage...considering I've always been right in front of her at the Roxy when she plays. She's LUMINOUS!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE HER!!

Prince goes to piano:

• Something in the Water (Does Not Compute) (slowed down version)
• Strange Relationship
• How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore (with Shelby J)
• If I Was Ur Girlfriend

Encore 2 :::

• Kiss (Full version Prince jamming on keys)
• Purple Rain

Encore 3 :::

• Sexy Dancer Intro into Le Freak (by Chic --- sung by Elisa, Shelby & Liv)
• Play That Funky Music
• "Inglewood Swingin"
• I Like Funky Music

Encore 4 :::

• Sample Teaser Medley: When Doves Cry/Nasty Girl/Party All the Time (by Eddie Murphy)/Single Ladies/SOTT/TMBGITW/Darling Nikki/Hot Thing/Black Sweat/Love (OMG!!!)

Encore 5 :::

• The Bird/Jungle Love/Love Bizarre (Celebs from VIP areas take the stage)

Okay...so I TOTALLY LIED. Tonight's show put last night's show to shame. THIS ONE is now my reigning FAVORITE (so far). "Something in the Water" and "Strange Relationship" on piano AND TWO different surprise guests??? WHAT???!?!

And he didn't actually play them, but he sampled BLACK SWEAT and LOVE from 3121 during his "teaser medley" --- Could he possibly be giving us a taste of what might be on the set list for next week?? Oh please...PLEEEEEASE say it's so!!!!!!!!! LOVE IS MY JAM!!! I guess I'll just have to go to the next shows to find out, n'est-ce pas?? LOL!!!

But wait!!! There's more................... ;)

NO DOUBT Leave No Doubt At Gibson

NO DOUBT Leaves No Doubt At Gibson

[CONCERT REVIEW — No Doubt @ Gibson Ampitheater, Universal City, CA | July 22, 2009]

SET LIST:

Spiderwebs

Hella Good

Underneath It All

Excuse Me Mr.

Ex-Girlfriend

End It On This

Simple Kind of Life

Bathwater

Guns of Navarone (Band Only --- Gwen costume change)

New

Hey Baby

Running

Different People (w/ band member introductions)

Don't Speak

It's My Life

Just A Girl

Encore:

Rock Steady

Stand and Deliver (w/ The Sound)

Sunday Morning

There's not much I can say except the show was pretty spectacular. I remember way way back in the day when they were struggling and playing small gigs in OC with other bands like Brown Lobster Tank and GameFace...and it's SOOOO SWEET to see that they've MADE IT! It was great to see them all together --- Adrian in his jock strap behind the drumkit...Tom killin it on guitar...Tony with boundless energy on the bass...and Gwen back to her roots with the band. I love her as a solo artist, but IMHO, she has to be with No Doubt. It wouldn't be the same without her.

And can I please just say, GWEN IS JUST GORGEOUS! I need the number to her trainer...Her abs are ridiculous!!! She sure doesn't look like she's had two babies. Damn.

All in all, it was just a great show. The set was all white with the band members clad in white, black or a combination of both. The main jolts of color came from the lighting and the huge screen backdrop on which flashed anything from words, to geometric shapes, to music videos, to silhouettes of the band members dancing to the music. ((I want to design concert sets like that when I grow up. Who do I need to speak to??))

If you haven't seeing No Doubt yet, add them to your list of "bands to see in concert". You won't be disappointed.

THANK YOU FOR THE TICKET, TAMIKO!!! LUH U, MAMA!!

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